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Asset ID:

0b260444-540c-42dc-bc55-ac320a4e1770

Title:

Roads End Prescribed Fire, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, May 2005

Description:

Prescribed fire is used in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks as part of the long-term fuels management program to reestablish and maintain the natural fire cycle. Fire is a vital process in the Sierra Nevada that has been excluded by the intervention of human fire suppression activities. Fuel loadings are now at unnaturally high levels, and prescribed fire will alleviate these conditions by reducing high fuel loadings under controlled conditions. The Roads End Prescribed Fire was planned as a moderate intensity ground fire. These images show differing fire intensity levels throughout the day and fire crew at work.

Image Details:

accelerated combustion in large conifer litter

Publisher:

U.S. National Park Service

Comment:

SEKI Fire No. : CA-KNP-20050006 || SEKI Fire Name : Roads End Prescribed Fire

Copyright:

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Constraints Information:

Public domain

Keywords:

fire intensity , ignition pattern , natural fire cycle , fire crew , fuel loading

Controlled Keywords:

Prescribed burning, ()
, Drip torch fire ignition, ()
, Ground fires, ()

Resource Type:

Image

NPS Units:

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, Code: SEKI

Locations:

Kings Canyon, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, California
Latitude: 36.795358, Longitude: -118.584294